An accumulating snow is on the way for the Detroit area. This snow will start late tonight, and be very light through sunrise Wednesday. The snow will pick up in intensity Wednesday to a moderate snow at times. The snow will continue Wednesday night and wind down Thursday morning.

Although most of the time it will be light snow, the long duration of snow of 24 hours means some accumulation will occur.

The top graphic shows the expected snowfall totals right now. The storm is still in the Rockies, so some adjustments to the forecast may be needed.

Downtown Detroit and the close surrounding areas will likely get two to four inches of snow by Thursday morning. Farther north, in the northern suburbs, expect only one or two inches of snow. The far southern part of our area, along the Ohio border, could see somewhere between four and six inches of snow.

The trend in the last day has been for the heaviest snowband to be moved northward slightly, and the amounts to be lowered. If this trend continues, the heaviest area of snow could move into the southern part of Detroit.